Saint Lucia Fishers Urged To Get Registered To Reduce Problems At Sea

Saint Lucia : Saint Lucia fishers are being helped to get themselves registered to reduce the number of obstacles they face at sea.This after the Martinique Coast Guard first this week rescued two nearby registered fishermen who remained stranded in the sea.Special Operations Manager of the Dennery Fishermen’s Cooperative, Agnita Thomas, told that because the men were listed fishers, support was swift.Thomas demonstrated that if they were not registered a lot of questions would have been asked before a search party left to look for them.She said that the men left to proceed to sea.Thomas stated the coming day a report was made to that Dennery Fishermen’s Cooperative that the men had not returned.She explained that the cooperative communicated the Department of Fisheries, the regional Marine Police and Martinique authorities.As per the Thomas, the cooperative was able to give information to Martinique about the stranded vessel’s registration, colour, the name of the Captain and the identification numbers of the persons on board.“Thank God they were joined with us,” Thomas stated.She disclosed that the stranded fishers were found a few hours after the alarm was raised with the Martinique authorities.